Rotary printing-press.



11; F. BEGHMAN. ROTARY PRINTING PRESS.

APPLIGATIOIT FILED MAY 19, 1910.

Patented a1. 10, 1914b 3] mum Mom s sums-sum 1.

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H. P. BEGBMAN.

ROTARY PRINTING PRESS. APPLIGATIQH FILED MAY 19, 1910.

1990 61 3. Patented M31216, 1914.

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H. F BEGHMANJ ROTARY PRINTING PRESS.

APPLICATION FILED MAYIQ, 1910.

Patented Mar. 10, 1914 s s compared with the number of plate cylinders.

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To all whom itmag concem:

7 Be it known that I, HENRY F. BEGHMAN, of Battle Creek, in the county of Calhoun and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and usezE-ul Improvements iii-R0 tary Printing-Presses; and 1 hereby .declare that the .iolloiwing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being bad .to

the accompanying drawings, which form 10 partot this specification 4 il his inventionjs an improvement in rotary printing presses .ozt the general type shownin my Patent. No. 867,230 of October 1, 190.7 and'm-y application No. 1373.

object of the present invention is to produce a rotary press inwhich papersof any, desired size, up ,to the page capacity of the press, may be produced with a less number of plates than there are pages to be printed,the press beingadapted; to produce two or more papersf','o-f thesamefor difierentnumber of pages, at the same time; For instance, if the totalpage capacity of accompanying drawings should be 24 pages the press can produce simultaneously, for

example, two 12-page papers; while the total number of plates required for producing 24: pages is but 18 in the press shown, in which for printing a minimum sized paper of 1.2 pages nine plates are required.

A further object of thel invention is to make a compact rotary press in which all parts are easily accessible and to reduce the number of impression cylinders, required,

and construction of press shown in the -drawings. v

In the drawings-Fig. l-is a diagrammatical sectional elevation of a rotary printing press embodying the present invention and adapted to simultaneously print six webs of paper. Fig 2 is a diagrammatical nouns summer-mass.

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MICHIGAN, ess emon "16'DUTJDEX rimm- GREEK, A CORPORATQGN plan viewof such press and folding mechanism therefor, when the plate-cylinders are @two pages long and rint two-page-wide webs. g. .3 is a'detall View of the folding mechanism for such a press, when the plate- :four-page wide web,-or two two-page-wide id ucing two 2 4-.pag e papers simultaneously. h1g4 is .a view similar to Fig. 3 sholwi page papers simultaneously.-

preferably vertically disposed series of hand ends thereof, which series are difierently constructed; but each printing couple a cosacting lthe-lead of. the webs for producing four v1 2- The press as shown in Fig. 1 has Ltwo Pate, ed Mal-.10, an. n

(cylinders are four pages long and print a webs showing the lead of the webs for pro- U printing' mechanisms at the right and letfl; 1

.ineach series comprises a plate cylinder and impression cylinder; and each web is led"first between a printing couple LlII'OIIG series to be printed on one side, and then between a-printing couple invthe opposite series to be perfected, and is then directed to-the foldingmechanism which is preferably located at theside of the press beyond the ends of the cylinders.

Each plate cylinder .in-the machine as shown in Fig. 1 is' of small diameter as compared with the cylinders of the ordinary single-page tubular-plates Pxsuch asshown and described in my patent aforesaid; each rotary presses, and is adapted tocarry only of such plates substantially surroundingits plate cylinder, when placedthereon, except for the narrow "space left between the ends of the typesurface of the plate necessary to gave the required margin between suecessive impressions onthe web; and each plate will therefore'be practically continually in impression and printing the Web.

The right hand series of printing mechanisms comprises four impression cylinders and three plate-cylinders, which are p reif'erably arranged in a verticalv tier. In such series the lowest impression cylinder 1 coaets with a superposed plate cylinder 2; which-also eoacts with a superposed impression cylinder 1*; that also co-acts with a plate cylinder 2-"; which also co-acts with a superposed impression cylinder 1"; that also co-acts with a superposed plate cylinder 2; which also co-acts with a superposed impression cylinder 1. Each plate cylinder 2,

2, 2", is thus arranged and adapted to; act simultaneously with two'impressioncylinders, an'dtherefore to simultaneouslypro- .dueetwo impressions upon different webs presented by the co-acting impression eylinders at each rdta'tion thereof. The plates P or. the plate cylinders 2, 2, 2" are inked before each impression by; means of two. inking mechanisms and 5 arranged atoppasite sides of each cylinder 2, 22-52": as .indicated in the drawings;-such' inkiug mechanisms being of ordinary construction and well understood need-"no detailed explana-' tion or illustration; but it will be obvious from the drawings that the plates 'on the cylinders 2, 2?, 2, will be freshly i-nked before. each impression, or twice during each rotation of the late cylinders.

The left land series of printing mechanisms, comprise three impression cylinders 3, 3, 3", and co-acting plate cylinders all of which are preferablyarrangcd, parallel in the same vertical plane. With the impression cylinder 3 co-act two plate-cylinders '4, ,4, respectively above and below said impression cylinder; wit-hthe' impression cylinder '3, co-act two similarly arranged plate-cylinders 4", 4; and with the impression cylinder 3"- eo-act two similarly arranged plate cylinders 4, 4.i Each plate cylinder 4, 4, 4", 43.4, 4, in "the arrange ment shown prints on but one web, andconsequently each of such cylinders is onlyprovicled with one inking mechanism indicated .at 5*,s'imilar to theinking mechanisms 5, 5, ofthepther plate cylinders 2, 2*,29.

Each plate cylinder ofthe press as shown is adapted to carry. one or more single-pagd tubular plates, arranged end to end on such cylinder; and as indicated in Fig.2 each plate cylinder can carry two ofsuch'singlepage tubular-plates P arran edend toend thereon. A' press. having 518 number of' plate cylinders shown in Fig.1, each two pages wide-@would' have a total capacity of twenty-four, pages, or two papers of twelve pages each,which could be produced'froni eighteen single-page plates, because each plate on the cylinders 2, .232", simultaneously prints two webs, and thus performs practically twice as much work as each plate on the cylinders 4, 4, 4 4?, 4, 4.

The total capacity of this press can' be.

varied by varying the,.length of the plate. cylindersF? on -e' xa.mple by making the plate cylinders carry duly a single plate, .the total capacity Fof the press would be twelve pages-produced from nine plates. If the plate cylinders are made two plates wide the total capacity of such press would be twenty-four pag'es. produced from eighteen plates. If the plate cylinders are made three platesjwide the t-o talcapacity of the press would be thirty-sir, pages produced -fromyttwenty-sevcn plates. If the platecylindersare made four-plates wide," the total capacity 'of'such press-would be fortyeig'ht pagcs'produced from thirty-six plates..- It will be obvious that-by this invention a greatsa-ving'in the number of plates-is effooted, and furthermore as each plate in the I,

press is always'printing there is no lost time,

in which the plate cylinders carry two semicircular plates around their circumference, Each plate on cylinders 4, 4, ,4., 4?, '4, 4, will printtwice as many impressionsin the same time, moving at thesame peripheral as compared with the ordinaryrotary presses,

sneed,'as the plates on theplat ecj lintlers in' a the ordinary rotary presses. ifndeaclr-plate on the cylinders 2, 2, 2 simultaneously -prints two webs, and therefore will printfour times as many impressions, in the same time and moving at the same peripheral speed, as wills. plate in the ordinary ro tary printing presses. I thus obtain by this fewer number of platcsthan can possibly be-obtained in the ordinary rotary printingmaclrines.

.The" press shown in Fig. l is ada ted to simultaneously print six different we s each equal in width to the length of the'niimber' ofplates on each plate cylinder when the.

iuve'ntion' a much greater productfrom;a

inder 2; thence past guide 6 to the folding mechanism. The nextweb 'w' -is led from aroll W,- at the right hand end of the press, over guides 7 to and between plate cylinder 2 and impression cylinder Hand thenee past uides. 7 to and between lmn'ession c lin, h I

'der 3 .and plate cylinder 4 and thencefpast guide 7 toward the folder.

is. led from a roll \V at the right hand end! The third. web 'w is led from roll V at the left'ha-nd-end:

of the machine over guides T to and between 5 cylinders E2, 1", thence past guides 7 to'iind 'guide 7 to the folder.

h ars can 1 rolla ivtlrsat qthe right hand end of the press .-ove'r;. guides 'l",to and between cylinders 2*,

cylinders 3", 4, and thencepast guide 7 the folder.

- The webs w'gw wi, rnnthrough the press between cylinders 3", 4, and thence past- The fifth'w'eb w. isled from a roll W at the left handend of:

as c j 'to the folder; A sixth web w? is led from a- 1, and thence past guides 75 to and between ist meters run through the press from right to left.

. ranged at the ends of the press as indicated The adjacent webs w'w; w, 'w; and 'w, w; respectivelycontact with opposite sides of the sameplate cylinders at the right hand end of the press, and with opposite sides of the same impression cylinders at the left hand end of'the press .and therefore the webs in each directions.

The folding mechanisms might be arpair. must move in opposite in my patent, and in my application aforesaid; but I'preferably locate the folders at one side of the press.

As shown in Fig. 2 where two page wide webs are used two folders F, F, may be located adjacent the ends of the press, and the web w after passing guide 6 is given a quarter turn over an angle bar 8, then led out and turned over a roller 9, and then led back across the .press to the folder F. Simi larly each web w and/w can be led over similarly arranged angle bars 8 and turning rollers 9 and carried to the folder F,

and assembled there with the web w, as indicated in the drawings. v

The web w after passing. guide 7 couldbe turned over an angle bar.8* andled direct to the folder F, as indicated in Fig. 2. \Vebs w and 10 can beturned over similar angle bars 8" and led direct to the folder F and assembled there with web w Any suitable arrangement of angle bars and turning a'ollers may be employed. at the ends of the press which will by giving a web a quarter tiu'n'enable it to be directed froni the press to a folder at the side thereof.

. Where the plate-cylinders are made more than'two pages wide, more folders can be employed; and in Figs. 3 and 4: I have indicated an arrangement of folders for four-.

page wide webs.

' Asshown in Fig. 3 I provide twolfolders F'-', F, near the right hand end of the press to fold the webs 'w, w, w";'-and I provide two folders F, -F. near the left hand end of the p'ress to fold the webs w", 10*, w. Each of the four-page wide webs 'wf, w 10, after being printed may be turned over its related angle'bar 8, then carriediout and turned over the roller 9, and each centrally divided by a slitter One half of each divided web w, w, 10", is carried to the folder F and the other halves of such webs are carried to the folder F. Similarly each of the webs w", 'w, 10, may be turnedover their respective angle bars 8, and then slit longitudinally by a slitter b, and one-half of. each web w", w, in. then led to the folder h, and the other halves of such webs (w '20, 40) led to the folder F. With this arrangement of parts a press lil e tlpat in Fig. l with four-page-wide platecylinders' angle bar 8 to the folder ducmg a twenty-four page paper from the webs Q02,- w, w, delivered at one folder;

will print and deliver simultaneously four twelve-page papers or a' total of forty-eight pages from thirty-six plates.

In Fig. 4 a. similar arrangement of foldng mechanisms is provided for four-page wide webs but an additional angle bar 8 "is employed adjacent each bar 8, and a supplemental angle bar 8 is employed adjacent'eaeh anglebar 8; in this construction the four-page wide webs w, 40 ,40

after being printed may be divided by any suitable means, as by slitters 3- indicated in the drawings; and then one-half of each.

web is turned over its angle barS afnd led over roller 9" to folder'Ft, while the. other half of each web is turned over angle bar. 8 and led over roller 9 to folder F This arrangement gives a total of twenty-four pages assembled at one folder. B providing an additional angle bar 8", Fig. 4, ad- Jacent each'bar 8, both halves of'the fourpage wide. webs .w, 20 wi-co'uld he assenibled on the folder F Similarly webs e0 'wfliwfl after being printed" may be divided as-by slitte'rs S indicated in Fig. 4, and .onehalf .o f each webcan be led over its related turning bar 8 to the folder, F and the other half can be led o-ver Msupplemental" Thus pro- Byproviding an additional angle bar 8* adjacent each angle bar 8 (Fig. llflb oth halves of the webs 'w 10*, 10,.can be assembled together at folder F By the described, or equivalent arrange ments, of angle bars and turning rollers it is obvious that several different sized papers can be printed and folded separately at the same time upon different folders; and

the total capacity of the press indicated in F igs. 3 aud t would be forty-eight pages printed from thirty-sixplates; which would enable two twenty-four page papers to be produced simultaneously as indicated in F 1g. 4, or twelve four-page papers to be produced simultaneously, as indicated in Fig. and obviously by varying the nnm-- the side of the press enables the pressman to readily. observethe condition of all the papers, and also shortens the total length of the machine. The press shown in Figs;

1, 3 and 4:, using only thirty-six. single-page tub ular "plates ean produce twelv e-page papers, at a rate of 100,000 per hour;

twentyifour of the plates, '5. e. those on cylinders' l, 4*,4l34, fild printing; only one web each; while'each of the plates (12)"ori cylinders" 2, 2 2 prints two webs simultaneously. All of the plates on the cylin- 'ders' print all the time when in operation;- those on theleft hand plate-cylt'gnders eachmaking consecutive impressions on-o'ne web,-

and those on the right hand cylinders each simultaneously making two consecutive im pressions on two webs.

' number of webs,

The operation of the plates would be just the samc'as above described if the plate cyl-' indrs'werc only one page wide, but in such case the totalfiipaeity of the press shown in Fig. 1 would only be twelve pages. .If the plate cylinders are made two pages widethe press would have a total capacity of twenty-four pages ,and" could deliver: 50,000

twelvepage papers'per hour using only eighteenv single page plates; in which case fourteen of these jplates would bemaking single impressions all the time upon one web, while the remaining six plates would be making two impressions all the time upon two webs. Papers of: any size, less the maxi mum, 'can "be produced on such press by" using fewer ,plates and less webs; arm rower webs: The total capacity of the press could also be increased by adding additional plate and impression'cylinders in the respecti've'series. It can also be lessened,b y reducing'the number ofplate and impression cylinders in such series; and printing a less While I have shown the impression cylinders in the present instance as of abouttwice the diameter of the plate cylinders, this is merely a matter of preference, and

the impression cylinders may be made of small diameter like the plate cylinders, if

' desired; which would reduce the height-oi the press, but also lessen. the space'between the adjacent superposed sets of inking mechanisms. p

Having described my invention I claim:

L In a rotary printing press,'the 'combination of a series of printing mechanisms comprising plate and impression cylinders,

the plate cylindcrs being adapted .to carry single-page tubular plates extending around the circumference of the cylinder,'an d each plate cylinder being arranged between and co-acting witlrtwo impression cylinders;

and a second series of printing mechanisms comprising a plurality 0t impression cylinders and two plate cylinders carrying singlean impression cylinder and plate-cylinders adjacent series. to he in the other series to be perfected, and means for folding thenvebs.

'2. In a rotary printing press, the combi-- nation of two adjacent series of printing mechanisms comprising alternate plate cylinders and impression cylinders, each plate cylinder in one series co-acting with two impression cylinders, ,and' each impression cyl- I inder in thefother series co-acting with two plate cylinders, each plate cylinder being adapted to carry only single-page tubular plates; and means for directing a pluralityf of superposed webs successively between the printing couples in the adjacent series; with a plurality of folding mechanisms adjacent the press, means for slitting the webs, and

means for directing the halves of the slit webs to the same or different folding mechanisms p 3. In a rotarypnnting press, the coinbi-' nation of a s'eries ofplate cylinders and impression cylinders; each plate cylinder being adapted tocarrysingle-page tubular plates substantially extending around the i circumference of the cylinder, each plate cylinder being'arranged between and co-actingwith two impression cylinders, so that each page plate on each cylinder will simultaneously print two webs; and anadjacent "series of plate cylinders and impression cyl- ,inders, each impression cylinder being ar-' ranged between and (re-acting with two and means for directing a plurality of webs plate Eylinders so as to simultaneously present two webs to the plates on said cylinders,

successively between printing couples in the v, p

erfected; with a plurality of folding mec anisms adjacent each end of the press,'and means for slitting the webs and means for directing the halves of the slit webs to the same or separate folding mechanism. I

4. In a rotary printing press, the combination-of a printing mechanism comprising ajplate cylinder adapted'to carry singlepage tubular plates and a pair of impression cylinders co-acting with said single plate cylinder at opposite points; with a second printing mephanism comprising an im pression. cylinder and two plate cylinders each adapted to'icarry single-page tubular plates co-acting with saidimpression cyl inder at opposite points, andfmeans fordirooting pairs of webs successiyelybetween the single-plate cylinder and its co-acti-ng impression cylinders in one mechanism and between-the single impre's'sion cylinder and .its pair of co-acting plate cylinders in the other mechanism; with folding mechanisms I adjacent each end of the press, and means For deflecting the printedfwebsilaterally to said folders.

In a rotary printing'press, the combina tion of aseries of printing mechanisms comprising plate and impression cylinders,

: each impression cylinder, each plate cyliny 1 I each plate cylinder being arranged between and coactmg with two impression cylinders, and a second series of printing mechanisms comprising a plurality vof impression cylinders and two plate-cylinders co-act-ing with der being of small diameter and adapted to carry only single-page tubular plates extending around the circumference of the cylinders, and means for directing pairs of opposltely mov1ng' webs successively between a plate cylinder and impression cylinders in one series to be printed on one side andbetween an impression cylinder andplate cylinders in' the other series to be perfected; with a plurality of folding mechanisms adjacent each end of the. press,-means for slittingthe webs, and means for directing the halves of'the similarlymoving slit webs to the folding mechanisms.

,6.- In a rotary printing press, the combination of a series of. printing mechanisms comprising plate-cylindersand impression cylinders, each plate cylinder being arranged hetween'and co-acting with two impression tylinders and adapted to carry single-page tubular plates whereby two imcylinder and plate-cylinder in the other serles to bev perfected.

7. In a rotary-printing press, theicombination of two adjacent series of'printing mechanisms comprising alternate plate cylinders and impression cylinders, each plate one series co-acting with two impression cylinde'rswhereby two impressions are cylinder'being adapted to carry only singlepage tubular plates; each plate cylinder in taken simultaneously from each single-page plate. and each impression cylinder in the other series co-acting with two plate cylinders; with means for directing a plurality of webs successively between printlng couples in the adjacent series, foldin 'mechanisms, and means for diverting t e perfected webs from the press to such folding echanisms. ,s a

8; In a rotary-.printingpress, thecombi- 'nation of a series of, printing mechanisms.

comprising plate and impression cylinders, each plate cylinder. carrying only-single page tubular platesy and each plate cylinder being arranged between and co-acting with two impressioncylinders whereby two im pressions may be taken'simultaneously from each single-page plate, and. a second series of printing mechanisms comprising a plurality of impression cylinders andtwo single-page plate cylinders co-acting with each imfpression cylinder, and means for directm websisdccessively between the plate and impres ibncylinders in one series to be prints on one side and between the impres sionand'plate cylinders in :the other series to be perfect'ed; with a plurality of folding mechanisms at the side and adjacent each end of the press, and means for giving the printed webs a quarter turn and i'directing them to said folding mechanisms.

J 9. In a rotary printing press, the combination of'a series-of pri'nting mechanisms comprising plate and impression cylinders, each plate cylinder carrying only singlepage tubular .plates, and being arranged between and co-acting with two impression cylinders whereby two impressions can be simultaneously taken from each page-plate; and a second serles ofprmtmg mechanisms comprising a-p'luralityof impression cylin-' ders and two'plate cylindersco-acting with each impression cylinder; with means for directing pairs of webs in opposite directions successively between the plate and 'impres-.

sion' cylinders'in one series to be printed on one side and .between impression and plate cylinders in the other series to be perfected; a plurality of folding mechanisms adjacent each end of the press, means for slitting the webs, and means for directing the halves of the similarly moving slit webs to the same or 'separatefolding mechanism.

- In testimony that I claim the foregoingas my own, I affix' my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENR F., BECHMAN.' Witnesses:

I. K. STONE, CHARLES A. GRAMEQI 

